Press Release
January 9, 2021
ANGARA: PGH AND EAST AVENUE MEDICAL CENTER RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING UNDER THE 2021 GAA TO SERVE MORE FILIPINOS IN NEED OF MEDICAL ATTENTION
To ensure that indigent patients would be able to avail of free medical services for the entire year, the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) was provided with an additional P1.54 billion in its budget under the P4.5 trillion General Appropriations Act for 2021, Senator Sonny Angara said today.
As chairman of the Committee on Finance, Angara pushed for the increase in the budget of the PGH, which is under the University of the Philippines System, in recognition of the vital role that the facility provides to the poor and to every other patient in need of quality medical attention, especially now that the country is still battling with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Congress gave the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) and East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC) additional funding under the P4.5-trillion 2021 General Appropriations Act (GAA) to ensure that indigent patients would be able to avail themselves of free medical services for the entire year, Sen. Juan Edgar